Bay Area Next stop on transfer students’ journey: UC Berkeley’s new, high-end dorm By Jo Moon | EdSource, California Student Journalism Corps | September 16, 2024 Anchor House is part of a larger effort to create a community for students transferring to the campus.
Bay Area The difference between chronic truancy and chronic absenteeism | Quick Guide By Betty Márquez Rosales | Edsource | September 12, 2024 Student absences remain high post-pandemic.
Education Budget cuts begin to surface at California State University By Amy di Pierro | EdSource | September 10, 2024 At four Cal State campuses, faculty, staff and students reported signs of belt-tightening.
California ‘Liberated’ ethnic studies courses challenged amid allegations of antisemitism By John Fensterwald | EdSource | August 30, 2024 At issue is whether or not the Brown Act was violated in creating the curriculum for this SoCal district.
Education California may ban legacy admissions at colleges. The end of affirmative action is a reason why By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | August 29, 2024 About a half-dozen private institutions consider legacy in admissions; none of California's public universities do.
Education California passes bill to limit student cellphone use on K-12 campuses By Diana Lambert | Edsource. | August 29, 2024 The Phone-Free School Act requires school districts and charter schools to develop a policy limiting the use of smartphones by July 1, 2026.
education How parents can limit children’s harmful cellphone use at home By Diana Lambert | EdSource | August 27, 2024 12- to 13-year-olds have more than doubled their recreational screen time since the pandemic.
Education Cal State and UC systems tighten protest rules. How it’s affecting free speech rights By Amy DiPierro and Michael Burke, EdSource | August 27, 2024 The two systems join a wave of colleges that have revisited rules about how and where people can demonstrate on their campuses in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests last spring.
Education Lawsuit against West Contra Costa schools could set precedent for how districts handle complaints By Monica Velez | EdSource | August 22, 2024 The district is the first one in California to be sued under a 2004 settlement governing how school districts must respond to complaints.
education More California schools are banning smartphones, but kids keep bringing them By Carolyn Jones and Khari Johnson | CalMatters | August 20, 2024 Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown.